The House Ways and Means Committee has approved a series of tax relief bills for Louisiana businesses worth millions of dollars. Chairman of the Louisiana Economic Recovery Task Force Jason Decuir says the state owes it to these businesses after many were ordered closed for weeks.
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One of the bills that passed would suspend franchise taxes for small businesses.

LSU professors are tracking COVID-19 in wastewater in Baton Rouge through a science called sewer epidemiology. Civil and environmental engineering professor Dr. John Pardue says coronavirus patents shed the virus in their fecal matter and testing wastewater from various areas in the parish can see how many cases exist.
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Pardue says Houston, Oregon and Michigan are doing similar testing.

The ongoing special session does not allow lawmakers to file bills that seek to reform police practices, but Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields says the legislation will come up in either a special session in the fall or the 2021 regular legislative session. Fields says he will propose a ban on the use of chokeholds by law enforcement, routine psychological testing for both prospective and current officers and new regulations for body cameras.
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Governor Edwards has signed legislation that would put an end to higher auto insurance rates for military members who return from a deployment. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says it’s a great piece of legislation….
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